US Patent Issued to TAYLOR COMMERCIAL FOODSERVICE on Dec. 9 for "Automated food management system" (Illinois, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,865, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TAYLOR COMMERCIAL FOODSERVICE LLC (Rockton, Ill.).

"Automated food management system" was invented by James J. Minard (Rockton, Ill.), Dennis Nelson (Rockton, Ill.), Jeffrey L. Sands (Rockton, Ill.), Scott A. Leclerc (Ashby, Mass.), Bryan R. Hotaling (Harvard, Mass.), Spencer M. Parker (Arlington, Mass.), Chris Norris (Rockton, Ill.) and Carl Pahnke (Rockton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to store food products within a heated compartment is provided. The system includes an enclosure that receives stacked trays, and an elevator to lift trays to a position to receive a plurality of ...